Lead the product management team for data ingestion and processing at Elastic, enhancing observability solutions for customers.
Posted by employer 17 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Own the strategy and roadmap for data collection
- Define and track KPIs focused on product adoption
- Partner with product leaders for shared services
- Lead a team of distributed product managers
- Drive roadmap priorities with customers and teams
Must have
- 10+ years in product management
- 4+ years leading PM teams
- Deep technical fluency in telemetry ingest
- Experience shipping SaaS products
Nice to have
- Familiarity with the Elastic Stack
Requirements
- Experience
- 10+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Director of Product Management for Observability at Elastic, the individual will oversee the entire lifecycle of the Streams telemetry pipeline, focusing on data ingestion and processing. Key skills include a strong technical background in telemetry technologies like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus, along with extensive experience in product management and team leadership. This position is ideal for a seasoned professional with a background in data infrastructure and a proven track record in SaaS product development. Elastic's emphasis on collaboration across product lines highlights the importance of cross-functional teamwork in this role.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 23, 2026. Last confirmed on Elastic's careers page October 23, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 5 other locations at Elastic: Canada, Greece, Spain, Ireland, United Kingdom.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Product roles (median ~$181,220).
- Starts above 20% of 25 comparable director product roles in United States we track (median $233,000 across 20 companies).
- SaaS appears in 4.1% of 49 comparable director product roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Director of Product Management, Observability role remote?
- Yes — Elastic lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Elastic lists $199,700–$315,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Director of Product Management, Observability role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, SaaS.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Elastic targets director candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Director of Product Management, Observability role at Elastic.
From the original posting
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
What is The Role
Every outcome on the Elastic platform starts with data getting in. Streams, Elastic’s telemetry pipeline, is the shared ingest layer for Observability, Security, and Search. It collects data from any source, processes and routes it, and stores it in Elasticsearch or the customer’s own object storage, all built on open standards like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus. As Director of Product Management, you will own Streams end to end and lead the PM team behind it. Your job is to make Elastic the easiest platform to bring data to, for every solution and every customer.
What You Will Be Doing
- Own the strategy and roadmap for data collection, ingestion, processing and routing, and the integrations framework.
- Define and track KPIs focused on product and feature adoption
- Partner with Observability, Security, and Search product leaders to provide a shared service everyone can leverage
- Make getting data ingestion self-service, with time-to-first-data measured in minutes.
- Lead a team of distributed product managers and enable them to deliver measurable outcomes.
- Drive roadmap priorities by working with customers, internal teams, and the community
- Work with engineers and designers to scope and define compelling features
- Enable sales, marketing, and partners with clear messaging and positioning
What You Bring
- 10+ years in product management, including 4+ years leading PM teams in data infrastructure, observability, or data pipelines.
- Deep technical fluency in telemetry ingest: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, log processing, routing, and agent management.
- Experience shipping SaaS products with usage-based pricing, and building platform capabilities shared by several product lines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Familiarity with the Elastic Stack is a plus
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
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